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FENCE MACHINE. No. 471,979.

Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES HASCLE KELLOGG, OF ALLEN, NEBRASKA.

FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,979, dated March29, 1892.

Application filed November 3, 1891. Serial No. 410,737. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HASCLE KEL- LOGG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allen, in the county of Dixon and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Machines; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to portable tension apparatus for fence-machines,the object being to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device, whichcan be readily made by any farmer or other person out of materialseasily assembled or usually at hand.

In the following specification reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedapparatus in operation. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa top plan.

Referring to the various details by their respective figures ofdesignation, which refer to corresponding parts in the several views, 1is the frame or body of the tension apparatus, and it consists of thevertical sides 2, having sufficient length to exceed or correspond tothe height of the fence to be built. Said side pieces are connected attheir upper and lower ends by the horizontal blocks 3, that they may beheld a proper distance apart to receive the wire-carrying spools orreels 4, as shown. Said wire-carrying reels, which vary in number asdesired, are mounted between the sides 2 of the frame on the horizontalaxles 5, to which they are fixedly secured. The squared ends 6 of thesaid axles project through one side of the frame and are arranged toreceive or connect with an ordinary crank 7, by which the axle and reelare rotated when it is desired to tighten the wire, as will behereinafter set forth.

The part of the frame intermediate with the horizontal end sections 3 isfurther stayed and straightened by the bolts or rods 8, which areprovided with the usual retaining-nuts, whereby the sides of the framemay be tightly brought together against the ends of the spools or reels,or said reels may be otherwise secured against reverse rotation by asuitablyformed pawl and ratchet 9, as set forth in the drawings.

As better illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, abolt or rod 8 isplaced between the spools or reels 4 of each pair, whereby it will beseen that in addition to tightening the frame they serve to support andhold the wires of the spools apart, whereby the palings may be morereadily placed in position and the wires more readily twisted.

In order that the frame may be anchored or held in its position, Iprovide at the upper and lower ends the outwardly-reaching loops l0 and11.

After the several parts have been thus constructed and assembled, theoperation is as follows: The frame 1 is erected on the line of theproposed fence at the desired distance from the starting-point. A stakeor post 12 is driven into the earth through the staple or loop 11, whileposts 13 and 14 are similarly placed each to one side of the line of thefence and are connected to the loops 10 by wires 15 or other preferredmeans. The wires on the upper and lower pairs of reels are unwound andthe ends thereof carried to the starting-points, where they are securedtothe proper points upon the post. The crank 7 is then placed on thesquared end of the axle and the reels turned until the wires aresufficiently taut, and the other pairs of wires are stretched in thesame way, and the operation of weaving the fence may then be begun. Itwill be seen that there are a series of pairs of wires, the number beingdetermined by the builder-that is to say, a pair of wires are at or nearthe bottom and top of the proposed fence, while other pairs may, ifdesired, be placed intermediate thereto, though a single pair at the topand bottom will, it is thought, usually be found sufficient. A paling orpicket of any preferred material and size is then entered between thepairs of wires, which are then twisted against such paling, thussecuring it in position, after which the wires are again twistedand-another paling entered as before, when the wires are twisted in anopposite direction, and this operation is repeated until the fence iscompleted.

The use of the machine may be described as follows: Suppose, forinstance, you want to build forty rods of fence. Set your post at theleft-hand end of the proposed fence and the tension apparatus at theright-hand end of the same. Take your wires as they come from the storeand fasten the desired number to the post at the left. Uncoil your wireas you go along to the right-hand end of the proposed fence. Then takeabout forty feet of said wires in each strand and after passing themaround the bolts 8 of the apparatus between the spools of each pair windthem on the said spools. After winding tight, tighten the tension-boltsas tight as desired by the builder. Then commence at the left-hand endto weave in pickets. The builder can put in the number of posts on theline of fence he chooses, from eight to twenty feet apart. Each doublewire must be stapled on each post a corresponding width apart. I preferto use from two to six double wires, though a less or greater number maybe employed.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided means forbuilding a fence upon level or rough uneven surfaces, and, believing theadvantage and operation will be fully understood, further description isdeemed unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a fence-building tension apparatus, substantially as and for thepurpose described, the combination, with the main frame comprising thevertical sides and the blocks at the upper and lower ends of said sides,the wire-earrying spools or reels arranged in pairs and journaled insaid frame, and a suitable means for rotating said spools or reels, ofthe bolts or rods 8, mounted in the frame and arranged between thespools or reels of each pair and having one of their ends threaded, andnuts mounted on the threaded ends of the bolts or rods, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HASOLE KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

S. I. HART, B. C. JOHNSON.

